How to Use discriminatory in a Sentence

discriminatory

adjective
  • The law prohibits discriminatory hiring practices.
  • Democrats said that part of the bill would be discriminatory.
    — Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
  • These laws open the door to an even wider range of discriminatory policies.
    — Noelle Martin, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The suit argued that the law was both discriminatory and vague.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The custom, then, was seen as discriminatory and even ageist.
    — Christian Allair, Vogue, 7 July 2021
  • Young in issuing his ruling in the spring agreed the plan was not discriminatory.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
  • All of the parents said the treatment of their sons was unfair and discriminatory.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The reestablishment of White rule in the South soon led to a wave of discriminatory new laws.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Cash told the judge that the loitering charge is discriminatory against homeless people and should be dropped.
    — Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 28 Feb. 2026
  • There was nothing discriminatory nor racial about it.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Trans advocates slammed the move as openly discriminatory and vowed to challenge it in court.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The danger is not so much the act of overturning a city ordinance, as that could be a good thing in the case of a discriminatory law.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Decades of discriminatory practices have led to loss of land and livelihood for many Black farmers.
    — Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The high court said at the time that allegedly discriminatory voting laws could be challenged after they were put in place.
    — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2021
  • Your landlord could decide to end it at any time — with proper notice — as long as his actions are not discriminatory.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 14 May 2022
  • Last year, Idaho became the first state to pass one of these discriminatory statutes, which has since been challenged in court.
    — Paul Newberry, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Last year, Idaho became the first state to pass one of these discriminatory statutes, which has since been challenged in court.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The Supreme Court ruled that job transfers don't have to include a change in rank or pay to be deemed discriminatory.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Activists have spoken out against the bans as discriminatory and not rooted in science.
    — Robert Hart, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • That doesn't have to prove intent; rather, just the result of a law or policy or map being discriminatory.
    — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
  • Gaiser said that the court should still make clear that the burden can’t solely be on the employer to show why an act wasn’t discriminatory.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Chu ruled the strike was not discriminatory and noted two Asian women were already on the jury.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2021
  • As a method of doing things, there’s nothing on the face of absentee voting that is discriminatory.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2021
  • At the time, Wilkinson said the district’s dress code was discriminatory.
    — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The Texas effort was held up this week when a federal judge ruled that those maps were racially discriminatory.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Those schools miss out on tens of millions of dollars because of discriminatory requirements, the suit said.
    — Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That statement had its own discriminatory ring.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • The series points out discriminatory language in news coverage of the food and water shortages at the time.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
  • With a spike in hate crimes and waves of discriminatory policies, the marginalized were not fragile for pointing out the dangers to their being.
    — Yangyang Cheng, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • TikTok has pushed back against the contention that its platform is used to spread discriminatory content.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023

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